The Roman Empire
Please let me know if there are any problem with the entrance survey. Sections this week: Pagden, Mattern (ARES), and extra-credit assignment on the lasting influence of the Roman empire
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| 753-c.510 | The Roman Kingdom |
| 510-31 | The Roman Republic |
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500-450 |
beginnings of Roman republic; Twelve Tables of Law |
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400 |
Rome in control of central Italy |
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264-146 |
Punic Wars |
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167 |
initial conquest of eastern Mediterranean |
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146-133 |
decline of Roman republic |
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133-121 |
reforms of the Gracchus brothers |
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107- |
increasing power of generals |
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106-43 |
Cicero |
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70-19 |
Vergil |
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46 |
Julius Caesar dictator |
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44 |
assassination of Caesar |
| 31-476 | The Roman Empire |
| 27-284 | The Principate |
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27 |
Augustus Caesar; rise of the Roman Empire |
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c. 4 |
birth of Jesus |
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35 CE |
Paul converts to Christianity |
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101-106 |
Roman Empire at its greatest extent (under Trajan) |
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180 |
death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius; beginning of decline |
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313 |
Constantine legalizes Christianity |
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476 |
fall of Rome |
Source:
Stearns, World
Civilizations
I.
Republic and citizens
A. citizenship
B.
slavery
II. Roman expansion and crisis
A. reasons for expansion
consuls
Carthage/ Carthaginians (Punic Wars 264-146) > overseas empire
treatment of conquered peoples/ slavery
assumed superiority of Roman civilization
Cicero
cestus
extension of citizenship
B. crisis
social and economic tensions
rise and fall of Julius Caeser
civil war and the fall of the Republic
III. The empire under Augustus [map]
Octavian (Augustus Caesar)
imperium
new
institutions of empire:
tolerance for local autonomy (including many diverse religions)
military organization
Trajan (101-106)
Marcus Aurelius (180)
IV.
The Roman model
